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Media

Most Ugandans are not aware of how severe the maternal health situation is and how readily it could be rectified. Public awareness is key to seeing attitudes change. Our STM students working in the field of media and communications have the ability to influence media content and voice concerns about the issues of maternal mortality, healthy pregnancies and safe motherhood.

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Catherine M. Kizza

Catherine M. Kizza works at Uganda’s leading daily newspaper, The New Vision, and has been promoting safe motherhood stories and issues in the newspaper. She is the Features Editor for the paper so is able to influence content in the newspaper.

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Babirye Susan

Babirye Susan is a radio communicator for the Straight Talk Foundation, a communications group that targets adolescents with messages about reproductive health. Including school visits and community outreaches, Susan has been involved in weekly radio programs for young people to share information about safe motherhood. Her research focused on the cultural practices during the postpartum period among mothers.

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Teopista Agutu

Teopista Agutu is the deputy director of ‘Straight Talk’. Teopista was trained through the Save the Mothers program to develop and design health messages to promote safe motherhood amongst the 2.5 million Ugandan youth who read Straight Talk literature or listen to their radio broadcasts. Her research during STM studies focused on adolescent girls’ knowledge and perceptions of reproductive health.

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Rebecca Birungi

Rebecca Birungi is a journalist for the Uganda Media Women’s Association.

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Robie Kakonge

Robie Kakonge is a private consultant in media and public relations.

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Kenneth Oluka

Kenneth Oluka is the Assistant News Editor for Uganda’s leading daily newspaper, The New Vision.

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Martha Songa

Martha Songa works in communications and advocacy at Reproductive Health Uganda. Her role requires her to have knowledge of reproductive health issues to educate the public and her STM training is allowing her to communicate these issues accurately and passionately.

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Deogratias Agaba

Deogratias Agaba works as the editor for Straight Talk Foundation. He is sharing his knowledge of safe motherhood in the Ankole region (South-western Uganda). He helped create a drama about safe motherhood and HIV/AIDS, which is now being preformed on a weekly basis. He has also written a handbook about basic information about HIV/AIDS and safe motherhood for community health workers and leaders.

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Apollo Namanya

Apollo Namanya works with media relations and publicity for the Ministry of Health in Uganda. He has been working to mobilize political leaders to create legislation for improving maternal and children`s health, specifically relating to reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and nutrition.